Legislation
Date
What It Did
Proclimation of 1763
1763
Set boundaries for western settlement
Sugar Act
1764
Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, and other


products, but tightened customs enforcement
Stamp Act
1765
Taxed certain types of documents
Declaratory Act
1766
Stated that Great Britian had the right to tax


the colonies
Townshed Acts
1767
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Tea Act
1773
Gave East India Tea Company the sole control


of tea trade
"Intolerable" Acts
1774
Closed port of Boston





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